tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post113169736478027061..comments2015-03-04T00:39:30.320+02:00Comments on Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog: mtDNA of early central European farmersDienekeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02082684850093948970noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-21247614194981605262012-12-05T15:43:37.376+02:002012-12-05T15:43:37.376+02:00As I have stated numerous times, one has to be ver...As I have stated numerous times, one has to be very careful when trying to interpret ancient European neolithic mtDNA in a framework of migrations - especially if based on extant distributions.<br /><br />I have voiced my criticism of Haak many times before.<br /><br />There are several forces at play why today mtDNA is so different from ancient LBK:<br /><br />- the HG revenge (when neolithic farmers faced climatic and disease problems due to severe crop and livestock inbreeding, outside HGs were ready to take their place)<br /><br />- LBK mtDNA really is predominantly Balkan - not near-Eastern, and picked up additional lineages along their way (e.g., from the Danube and Black Sea, some of them Central or eastern Asian)<br /><br />- some lineages are just happenstance in a rapidly exploding population (N1a)<br /><br />It&#39;s not black or white in terms of HGs and Neolithic folks, but one also has to keep in mind that during the Mesolithic, there were local pockets from quite different refugium origin, and Northern/Central Europe surely was different from SE Europe, and the Mediterranean from the North, and Iberia from Italy or the Balkans.eurologisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03440019181278830033noreply@blogger.com